Epidemiology, drug resistance, and molecular features of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Southwest Shandong, China.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to delineate the antimicrobial resistance profiles and virulence gene carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) in Southwest Shandong region of China, investigate the differences in clinical infection characteristics between classical Klebsiella pneumoniae (cKP) and hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (hmKP), and explore the correlation between hmKP and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP). This study collected Klebsiella pneumoniae-infected strains and clinical case data from the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University in Shandong Province, performed isolation, culture, identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, serological typing, and virulence gene detection to analyze etiological characteristics, conducted a retrospective analysis of the epidem

SUBMITTER: Han L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12575833 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature